Spinach beet or mangel wurzel (US: Mangold), similar to Swiss chard. It is used as animal fodder. Like Swiss chard it comes with red or white swollen stems. Known as mangold in the United States. The leaves can be prepared in the same way as spinach, the stems like cardoon.
Mangosteen. Lychee like, white, segmented flesh is surrounded by a hard purplish skin. This round fruit has four well-defined sepals.
Cassava. Manioc. Yuca. Fleshy, starchy tubers with tough brown skin and crisp white flesh, originally from Brazil but now widely cultivated. There are two types, sweet and bitter. Avoid the bitter one. Throughout the Amazon basin there are 26 varieties, each thriving under different conditions. The process of making it into flour or tapioca removes the toxins.
